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AP English Language and Composition (OE020)

Below is an essay from the end of fall semester in AP English Language and Composition, together with the prompt.

Prompt

Make an argument about an interpretive question in the play as a whole (Shakespeare’s Henry V) through a close analysis of a single passage in the play.  The rough draft is 4 pages minimum, and should be based on one of the passages you analyzed in your recent homework assignments. In class, we will work on editing each other’s essays down to 2 pages for the final version. (Ouch!) The goal is to practice cutting down extraneous material in your writing.